Results for “steel pan”

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steelpan
noun

The tuned steel-drum instrument

#caribbean#patois#music#instrument
Steel fixer
noun

Tradesman who builds the steel reinforcement cages that go inside concrete.

#construction#trades#british#rebar
tank and spank
noun

A dead-simple fight: tank holds the boss, everyone else hits it.

#wow#mmo#raid#boss
spanner
noun

An idiot. A daft sod. Someone being a tool.

#mancunian#manchester#insult#british
panad
noun

A cuppa — short for 'paned o de.'

#welsh#wales#tea#food
Twinspan
noun

The twin bridges carrying I-10 across Lake Pontchartrain to Slidell.

#nola#geography#new-orleans#bridges
hotel pan
phrase

The standard-sized stainless pan every commercial kitchen runs on.

#kitchen#boh#restaurant#equipment
travel companion
phrase

Provider booked for a trip — flights, hotel and days together included.

#sex-work#escorting#high-end#travel
con panna
noun

Espresso topped with whipped cream.

#coffee#retail#barista#espresso
panda car
noun

UK two-tone black-and-white (later blue-and-white) patrol car.

#police#uk#patrol#livery
pancake
noun

1950s Black-lesbian slang for a butch who can be 'flipped' — top to bottom.

#lesbian#lgbtq#wlw#historical
topanoris
noun

An uptown snob; a stuck-up person

#caribbean#patois#people#class
sanky panky 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#spanish#spanglish#latino#people
panenka
noun

A cheeky chipped penalty down the middle.

#sports#penalty#skill#czech
Pana
noun

Caribbean and South American slang for 'buddy,' 'homie,' or close friend.

#spanish#general#gen-z
Yapanese
noun

Jokey 'language' spoken by someone who yaps nonstop — fluent in talking endlessly about nothing.

#gen-z#tiktok#meme#american
Galvanized Square Steel
phrase

A meme catchphrase from a viral hot-tub building guy — used to mock overconfident DIY or expertise.

#gen-z#meme#internet
trainee
noun

An aspiring K-pop idol training at an entertainment company before debut.

#kpop#industry#fandom#korean
sussy baka
phrase

Goofy ironic insult meaning 'suspicious idiot,' mixing Among Us slang with Japanese.

#tiktok#among-us#weeb#ironic
IAMA
abbreviation

I Am A — the companion intro tag for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) post.

#reddit#acronym#forums#2000s
kecks
noun

Trousers — or, depending on company, underpants.

#scouse#liverpool#clothing#british
singing hinnie
noun

A griddled Northumbrian currant cake that hisses on the pan — hence the singing.

#geordie#northeast#food#british
duds
noun

Underpants (Mancunian); also clothes generally.

#mancunian#manchester#clothing#british
gruds
noun

Underpants.

#mancunian#manchester#clothing#northern
barrio
noun

The neighbourhood — Spanish-speaking, often working-class.

#la#chicano#hip-hop#spanish
ay te watcho
phrase

Spanglish 'see you later' — I'll watch for you.

#la#calo#chicano#spanglish
mirliton
noun

New Orleans name for the chayote — vegetable pear, pantry staple.

#nola#food#creole#louisiana
troca
noun

Pickup truck, in Tex-Mex Spanglish.

#texas#spanglish#tex-mex#border
watchale
interjection

Tex-Mex Spanglish for 'watch out' or 'check this out.'

#texas#spanglish#tex-mex#border
güero
noun

A light-skinned, blond, or white person — Mexican-Spanish nickname.

#texas#calo#chicano#mexican-slang
slow is smooth, smooth is fast
phrase

Spec-ops mantra: deliberate execution beats panicked haste.

#military#spec-ops#navy-seal#mantra
flap
noun

A panic — sudden chaos on station.

#military#raf#wwii#panic
Tonka
noun

The Panavia Tornado strike jet.

#military#raf#aviation#cold-war
garde manger
noun

The cold station — pantry chef handling salads, charcuterie, terrines.

#kitchen#brigade#french#fine-dining
White knight
noun

Friendly buyer that swoops in to rescue a company from a hostile bidder.

#finance#wall-street#m-and-a#takeovers
Stub stock
noun

The thin sliver of equity left over after a company loads up on debt.

#finance#wall-street#lbo#recapitalisation
IPO
noun

Initial Public Offering — a company's first sale of stock to the public.

#finance#wall-street#equities#capital-markets
Spinning
noun

Slipping hot IPO shares to executives to win their company's banking business.

#finance#wall-street#ipo#ethics
Rodbuster
noun

Ironworker who ties rebar — the steel skeleton inside concrete.

#construction#ironwork#rebar#trades
Fish tape
noun

Flexible spring-steel ribbon used to snake wires through walls and conduit.

#construction#electrical#wiring#tools